Re: USSR space triumphs
- From: movac5@xxxxxxxxx (Marty)
- Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:49:21 -0600
It's an interesting and informative look at the USSR's space program
from their point of view. I saved it so that I could look through it in
detail.
It IS shot through with old "space race" propaganda, which is
interesting in itself. This little bit sort of jumped out at me while I
was reading about Sputnik 3:
Soviet satellites generally had an orbit inclined by 65 degrees. Over
Soviet territory, Sputnik-2 and Sputnik-3 passed through the rim of the
more powerful outer radiation belt. This explained higher levels of
radiation seen around 60° latitude. A few months later, America
launched Explorer-4 with a more inclined orbit so they could also study
the high-latitude phenomenon (and monitor American military experiments
with nuclear weapons in space).
Interesting... :)
Marty
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